diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
index b47ece9212..11cdcc1b45 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "VTkeymap.h"
 
 #include <Application.h>
-#include <Autolock.h>
+#include <Alert.h>
 #include <Beep.h>
 #include <Clipboard.h>
 #include <Debug.h>
@@ -1620,6 +1620,11 @@ TermView::MessageReceived(BMessage *msg)
 	char *ctrl_l = "";
 
 	switch (msg->what){
+		case B_ABOUT_REQUESTED:
+			// (replicant) about box requested 
+			_AboutRequested();
+			break;
+
 		case B_SIMPLE_DATA:
 		{
 			int32 i = 0;
@@ -2473,4 +2478,17 @@ TermView::_FixFontAttributes(BFont &font)
 	font.SetSpacing(B_FIXED_SPACING);
 }
 
- 
+
+void
+TermView::_AboutRequested()
+{
+	BAlert *alert = new (std::nothrow) BAlert("about",
+					"Terminal\n"
+					"\twritten by Kazuho Okui and Takashi Murai\n"
+					"\tupdated by Kian Duffy and others\n\n"
+					"\tCopyright " B_UTF8_COPYRIGHT "2003-2007, Haiku.\n", "Ok");
+	if (alert != NULL)
+		alert->Go();
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
index 35ad86162e..604c14c212 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define CUROFF 0
 #define CURON  1
 
+
 class BMessageRunner;
 class BPopUpMenu;
 class BScrollBar;
@@ -133,11 +134,15 @@ protected:
 private:
 	status_t _InitObject(const char *command);
 	status_t _InitMouseThread(void);
+
+	void _AboutRequested();
+
 	void _DrawLines(int , int, ushort, uchar *, int, int, int, BView *);
 	int _TermDraw(const CurPos &start, const CurPos &end);
 	int _TermDrawRegion(CurPos start, CurPos end);
 	int _TermDrawSelectedRegion(CurPos start, CurPos end);	
-		
+	inline void _Redraw(int, int, int, int);
+	
 	void _DoPrint(BRect updateRect);
 	void _ResizeScrBarRange (void);
 	void _DoFileDrop(entry_ref &ref);
@@ -177,11 +182,12 @@ private:
 	BPoint _CurPosToBPoint(const CurPos &pos);
 
 	bool _CheckSelectedRegion(const CurPos &pos);
-	inline void _Redraw(int, int, int, int);
+	
 
 	void _UpdateSIGWINCH();
-	static void _FixFontAttributes(BFont &font);
 
+	static void _FixFontAttributes(BFont &font);
+	
 	static int32 _MouseTrackingEntryFunction(void *);
 	int32 _MouseTracking();